Divine Intervention

By Alana Conner Snibbe

Why the most religious societies have the most volunteers.

Social Innovations

Beginner’s Mind

By Peter Manzo 2

What are the odds we can change the way Americans think about freedom?

Podcast

Social Entrepreneurs in For-Profit Education - Net Impact 2005

Can business add value to the education field? Pioneers and market leaders who have built successful businesses around the many unmet needs in education talk about the business opportunities in education today in this panel discussion from Bridging the Gap, the Stanford 2005 Net Impact conference organized by the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Podcast

Pamela Hawley - The Social Entrepreneurship Landscape

When approaching funders and volunteers you must "come from a space of opportunity and not from a space of need," argues Pamela Hawley at the 2007 Nonprofit Boot Camp. In this audio lecture, drawing from her experience with UniversalGiving and VolunteerMatch, Hawley describes what it takes to create a successful social entrepreneurship organization.

Nonprofits

Priority Check

By Mark Rosenman

The list of sector priorities established at the Nonprofit Congress passed over collaboration, partnerships, and -- most disturbingly -- social change.

Cultivating Cross-Sector Partnerships

By Alana Conner Snibbe

An HIV organization in Botswana provides lessons in cooperation.

Podcast

Building and Integrating a CSR Agenda - Bridging the Gap Conference

Many companies now acknowledge the financial benefits of socially responsible behavior over the long term. Such commitments, however, are managed with levels of involvement spanning from a centralized CSR office to a fully integrated approach calling on all mainstream operating departments in the organization. This panel discussion explores strategies to advance corporate social responsibility in large companies.

Podcast

Kay Sprinkel Grace - Craigslist Boot Camp Keynote

Mission, vision, and values are the essential ingredients of a transformational process that brings philanthropists and organizations together to meet critical community needs. Kay Sprinkel Grace approaches fundraising with an attitude of pride and power. In this audio lecture, she explains how donors are inspired to invest in an organization that communicates shared beliefs by taking real action to benefit those in need.

Nonprofits

Field Notes: Independent Sector Conference

By Eric Nee 12

Why do nonprofits talk a lot about partnering with business and government, yet rarely talk about building partnerships with trade unions?

Business

Field Notes: Social Venture Network Conference

By Regina Starr Ridley 1

SVN conference focuses on economic justice.